Victoria Police Chief Commissioner Shane Patton said police were having daily meetings with security staff, worried by a growing risk of violence.
Victoria Police are raising concerns with universities daily about ongoing pro-Palestine student encampments but have been told officers are not welcome on campus.
Officers have already been called to Monash University, when pro-Palestinian and pro-Israel groups clashed. As protests were this week established at other Melbourne campuses, universities have sought legal advice from federal authorities on how to respond. , leading to ugly clashes, but Australian campuses are largely leaving protesters alone, while warning that any violence, racism or property damage will not be tolerated.
“We have expressed that if and when the universities want us, if it gets to a situation like we’ve seen overseas where there’s been building occupation or something like that and the universities then call on us to clear them out, that becomes increasingly difficult the longer the … encampments go on and the more people get there,” he said.
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